When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

The most significant event of the 20th century will be the fact that the North Americans speak English.

I do not regard the procuring of peace as a matter in which we should play the role of arbiter between different opinions ... more that of an honest broker who really wants to press the business forward.

Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.

Not even the King himself has the right to subordinate the interests of his country to his own feelings of love or hatred towards strangers; he is, however, responsible towards God and not to me if he does so, and therefore on this point I am silent.

No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.

I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.